New Milford death ruled accidental drowning

Libor Jany

Published 9:20 am, Friday, June 21, 2013

Eric Langlois, 33, of New Milford, went missing June 11 at Lover's Leap State Park. Courtesy of Carla Ten Eyck

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Eric Langlois, 33, of New Milford, went missing June 11 at Lover's...

Jeff and Lindsey Blaiotta of Danbury attend a candlelight vigil Monday, June 17, 2013 at Lover's Leap State Park in New Milford for Eric Langlois of New Milford, who had been missing since June 11. The Blaiottas worked with and were friends of Langlois.
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Jeff and Lindsey Blaiotta of Danbury attend a candlelight vigil...

A candlelight vigil held Monday, June 17, 2013 for Eric Langlois at Lover's Leap State Park in New Milford attracted more than 200 friends and family members.
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A candlelight vigil held Monday, June 17, 2013 for Eric Langlois at...

A candlelight vigil was held Monday, June 17, 2013 at Lover's Leap State Park in New Milford for Eric Langlois, who had been missing since June 11.
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A candlelight vigil was held Monday, June 17, 2013 at Lover's Leap...

This photograph of missing photographer Eric Langlois and his wife, Amber, was posted Monday, June 17, 2013 at a candlelight vigil at Lover's Leap State Park in New Milford.
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This photograph of missing photographer Eric Langlois and his wife,...

A candlelight vigil was held Monday, June 17, 2013 at Lover's Leap State Park in New Milford for Eric Langlois, who has been missing since June 11.
Photo by H. John Voorhees III
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A candlelight vigil was held Monday, June 17, 2013 at Lover's Leap...

A New Milford police boat and a Newtown underwater search and rescue boat scan Lake Lillinonah June 12, 2013 for Eric Langlois, a New Milford resident missing since June 11.
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A New Milford police boat and a Newtown underwater search and...

Piles of supplies are collected June 12, 2013 for search crews and friends of Eric Langlois at Lover's Leap State Park in New Milford.
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Piles of supplies are collected June 12, 2013 for search crews and...

Friends from all over the region arrived by June 13 to help in the search for Eric Langlois of New Milford, who had been missing since two days earlier at Lover's Leap State Park in New Milford.
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Friends from all over the region arrived by June 13 to help in the...

Friends and family of missing New Milford photographer Eric Langlois grieve Tuesday by Lake Lillinonah in Bridgewater. A body, which had not yet been identified, was found near where Langlois went missing June 11 at Lover's Leap State Park in New Milford.
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Friends and family of missing New Milford photographer Eric...

Police tend to a body found Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in Lake Lillinonah in Bridgewater. The body had not yet been identified by Wednesday. New Milford photographer Eric Langlois went missing June 11 from nearby Lover's Leap State Park in New Milford
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A body pulled from Lake Lillinonah earlier this week has been identified as that of Eric Langlois, who disappeared while looking for his bike at Lovers Leap State Park in New Milford, authorities said Thursday.

Langlois' death has been ruled an accidental drowning, according to the state medical examiner.

The photographer was last seen on June 11 by his wife, Amber, who dropped him off at the state park to retrieve the mountain bike that he lost the day before.

Hundreds of volunteer searchers fanned across the 160-acre park looking for any sign of the 33-year-old father of two. Among their ranks were a number of fellow photographers.

Langlois' body was spotted by a resident on Tuesday near a gorge where he is believed to have gone into the water.

Positive identification was delayed, authorities said, because the body was badly decomposed, said Capt. Raul Camejo, of the Connecticut Environmental Conservation Police.